A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God. – Havelock Ellis
It is curious how there seems to be an instinctive disgust in Man for his nearest ancestors and relations. If only Darwin could conscientiously have traced man back to the Elephant or the Lion or the Antelope, how much ridicule and prejudice would have been spared to the doctrine of Evolution. – Havelock Ellis
Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life? – Havelock Ellis
To live remains an art which everyone must learn, and which no one can teach. – Havelock Ellis
Our religion is itself profoundly sad – a religion of universal anguish, and one which, because of its very catholicity, grants full liberty to the individual and asks no better than to be celebrated in each mans own language – so long as he knows anguish and is a painter. – Charles Baudelaire